{"id":20879,"date":"2017-02-15T13:13:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T18:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=20879"},"modified":"2017-02-15T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T18:13:43","slug":"unique-focus-women-conflict-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/unique-focus-women-conflict-ucf\/","title":{"rendered":"A Unique Focus on Women and Conflict at UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20882\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20882\" class=\" wp-image-20882\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Konstantin-Ash-Dara-Kay-Cohen-Celeste-Montoya-and-Jonathan-Powell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Konstantin-Ash-Dara-Kay-Cohen-Celeste-Montoya-and-Jonathan-Powell.jpg 660w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Konstantin-Ash-Dara-Kay-Cohen-Celeste-Montoya-and-Jonathan-Powell-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Konstantin-Ash-Dara-Kay-Cohen-Celeste-Montoya-and-Jonathan-Powell-299x159.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Konstantin Ash, Dara Kay Cohen, Celeste Montoya, and Jonathan Powell<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politicalscience\/kps\">The Kurdish Political Studies Program<\/a> (KPSP) and <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politicalscience\/kps\">the Department of Political Science<\/a>\u00a0at the University of Central Florida hosted a conference titled \u201cGendered Dynamics of International Security\u201d at UCF on Friday, February 3. The conference brought a distinguished group of scholars and a prominent journalist to UCF\u2019s campus in Orlando. It offered unique perspectives into the role of women in armed conflicts and covered a wide range of topics such as women as fighters, peacekeepers, and victims in armed conflicts, sexual violence, and the relationship between gender equality and human security. A large group of UCF faculty, students and guests had the opportunity to listen to cutting-edge research on these topics as well as watch a documentary on sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Sciences Dean <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/about\/deans-welcome-2\/\">Michael D. Johnson<\/a>, Ph.D., opened up the conference and emphasized that the notion that security does not only involve militarized violence but also wider themes such as environmental degradation, famine, and gender inequality. He commented that the conference enriches our understanding of security and addresses highly salient contemporary issues. Following Dean Johnson\u2019s remarks, <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politicalscience\/people\/hamann-kerstin\/\">Kerstin Hamann<\/a>, Ph.D., Pegasus Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, argued how the conventional assumption of women and men behaving the same way in politics could be misleading. She added that women are not only victims of violence but also activists and agents of political change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20881\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20881\" class=\" wp-image-20881\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Elisabeth-J.-Wood-e1487180802711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Elisabeth-J.-Wood-e1487180802711.jpg 440w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Elisabeth-J.-Wood-e1487180802711-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Elisabeth-J.-Wood-e1487180802711-299x449.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elisabeth J. Wood<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first panel titled, \u201cGender, Violence, and Human Rights,\u201d featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/about\/faculty-staff-directory\/dara-kay-cohen\">Dara Kay Cohen<\/a>, Ph.D., Harvard University, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/wgst\/montoya\">Celeste Montoya<\/a>, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politicalscience\/people\/powell-jonathan\/\">Jonathan Powell<\/a>, Ph.D., UCF. Professor Cohen presented her research project involving a survey in Haiti about support for war, gender dynamics of gang violence, and the relationship between exposure to violence and prosocial behaviors. Professor Montoya\u2019s presentation offered a critical discussion of the ways in which women\u2019s rights are articulated could be used to justify structural ethnic and racial inequalities in Western countries. Finally, Professor Powell presented his research showing that women leaders in countries with higher levels of gender inequality are more likely to pursue aggressive policies. Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politicalscience\/people\/ash-konstantin\/\">Konstantin Ash<\/a>, Ph.D., UCF, moderated the panel.<\/p>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/campuspress.yale.edu\/elisabethwood\/\">Elisabeth J. Wood<\/a>, Ph.D., of Yale University delivered the keynote titled \u201cSexual Violence during Wars.\u201d She pointed out how perpetuators, victims, nature, and frequency of sexual violence exhibit significant variation. While some civil wars such as Rwanda and Bosnia were characterized by widespread and systematic rape, other conflicts did not have to similar levels of sexual violence. Professor Wood developed a conceptual framework to account for these different patterns and focused on conflict situations where rape is neither authorized nor ordered, but tolerated. In these situations, broader societal norms about gender relations, small group dynamics prevailing among fighters, and social-psychological dynamics of wars shape the scope and frequency of rape. Professor Wood concluded her talk emphasizing that rape is not inevitable in wars and suggested that holding commanders judicially accountable for the behavior of their fighters will be an important deterrent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20884\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20884\" class=\" wp-image-20884\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Theresa-Schroeder-Jakana-Thomas-Barbara-Kinsey-and-G\u00fcne\u015f-Murat-Tezc\u00fcr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Theresa-Schroeder-Jakana-Thomas-Barbara-Kinsey-and-G\u00fcne\u015f-Murat-Tezc\u00fcr.jpg 775w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Theresa-Schroeder-Jakana-Thomas-Barbara-Kinsey-and-G\u00fcne\u015f-Murat-Tezc\u00fcr-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Theresa-Schroeder-Jakana-Thomas-Barbara-Kinsey-and-G\u00fcne\u015f-Murat-Tezc\u00fcr-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Theresa-Schroeder-Jakana-Thomas-Barbara-Kinsey-and-G\u00fcne\u015f-Murat-Tezc\u00fcr-299x202.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theresa Schroeder, Jakana Thomas, Barbara Kinsey, and G\u00fcne\u015f Murat Tezc\u00fcr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The second panel, entitled \u201cWomen as Fighters and Peacemakers,\u201d featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jakanathomas.com\/\">Jakana Thomas<\/a>, Ph.D., Michigan State University, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radford.edu\/content\/chbs\/home\/political-science\/about\/dr--theresa-schroeder-.html\">Theresa Schroeder<\/a>, Ph.D., Radford University, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politicalscience\/people\/tezcur-gunes-murat\/\">G\u00fcne\u015f Murat Tezc\u00fcr<\/a>, Ph.D., UCF. \u00a0Professor Thomas suggested that female suicide bombers are more lethal than male suicide bombers especially when attacking political and security targets. Professor Schroeder explored the support for female political leaders for humanitarian missions. Her analysis showed that women decision makers are in fact more likely to send troops to such missions. Professor Tezc\u00fcr presented his findings showing that many Kurdish women joined the insurgent ranks as a way to escape from patriarchal relations such as arranged marriages. Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politicalscience\/people\/kinsey-barbara\/\">Barbara Kinsey<\/a>, Ph.D., of UCF moderated the panel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20880\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20880\" class=\" wp-image-20880\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/D\u00fczen-Tekkal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/D\u00fczen-Tekkal.jpg 660w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/D\u00fczen-Tekkal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/D\u00fczen-Tekkal-299x199.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D\u00fczen Tekkal<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The day ended with an exclusive showing of <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/191946649\/a91db01a05\"><em>Hawar: My Journey to Genocide<\/em><\/a>, a documentary about the plight of Yazidi Kurds in the hands of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq in the summer of 2014. The IS assault resulted in the deaths and sexual enslavement of thousands of Yazidi Kurds as well as forced recruitment of Yazidi children as IS fighters. <em>Hawar <\/em>tells their story from the lenses of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/duezentekkal\/\">D\u00fczen Tekkal<\/a>, a prominent German journalist with Yazidi-Kurdish heritage. Tekkal is the first journalist who featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nadiamurad.org\/\">Nadia Murad Bassee<\/a>, a Yazidi woman who escaped the IS and became an U.N. Goodwill Ambassador, in her documentary. Following the show, Tekkal answered questions from the audience and discussed her own visceral experiences of rediscovering the roots of her identity in a time of tragedy for the Yazidi people.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20883\" style=\"width: 314px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20883\" class=\" wp-image-20883\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/02\/Q-A-Session-with-Tekkal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"203\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Q &amp; A Session with Tekkal<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The conference was organized by G\u00fcne\u015f Murat Tezc\u00fcr, Jalal Talabani Endowed Chair of Kurdish Political Studies and associate professor, and Jonathan Powell, assistant professor, from the Department of Political Science. The co-sponsors are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graduate.ucf.edu\/\">College of Graduate Studies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ucfglobalperspectives.org\/\">Global Perspectives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/middleeasternstudies.cah.ucf.edu\/\">Middle Eastern Studies<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucf.collegiatelink.net\/organization\/InternationalRelationsClub\">International Relations Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kurdish Political Studies Program (KPSP) and the Department of Political Science\u00a0at the University of Central Florida hosted a conference titled \u201cGendered Dynamics of International Security\u201d at UCF on Friday, February 3. The conference brought a distinguished group of scholars and a prominent journalist to UCF\u2019s campus in Orlando. 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